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  • 22-11-2006 1:40pm
    #1
    mountainyman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,268 ✭✭✭


    Isn't this supposed to be country? They seem to play mostly soft/ classic rock.
    Is there any way I can complain to the government about it?

    They have got their license on alie!

    MM


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  • #2
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    It always happens.

    Remember Lite FM? Classic Hits 98FM? Rock 104? Radio Ireland? All of them retooled and were let away with it.


  • #3
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Country wasn't paying the bills, so the became "Country Mix"


  • #4
    mountainyman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,268 ✭✭✭mountainyman


    Radio Ireland is the classic example. They basically got the license on false pretences.

    Why do they not just lose the license? Take the license off them let someone else have a crack at it.

    If you had the pockets you could submit a false bid, go bust and retool the station to a profit making one.

    MM


  • #5
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    If you feel strongly about it make a complaint http://www.bci.ie/contact/index.html
    Complaining here will achieve little (complaining to the BCI may achieve less more but your chances are better)


  • #6
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    monkeyfudge wrote:
    Rock 104?

    ..which was Capital Radio before.

    I don't mind that particular episode, as that sort of 18-34 market radio station has to retool/rebrand/new voices once in a while, to make sure it stays within the remit. Otherwise a commercial station loses its focus. Look at 2FM for example. Rock 104 was an attempt to re-jig the station with the remit, iirc. It didn't work, so it went back to formatted Top 40 and recent music.

    So the Capital/Rock/FM104 changes aren't as seismic as what occurred to Lite FM/Q102 and Radio Ireland. Those episodes should not have been allowed.


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  • #7
    forgodssake22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭forgodssake22


    The mother is obsessed with Dublin Country 106.8 She was never really listened to the radio before it was introduced to her.
    How many listeners do they have? Are they doing well?


  • #8
    darc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 677 ✭✭✭darc


    Country made a submission to the BCI last year to change the music mix on the station. They wanted easy listening. BCI refused but a compromise deal "country mix" was agreed.


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